Moses LEAR ¹

  Noted events in his life were:

1. Deed: 1811, Garrard County, Kentucky. ²

Dated 28 Jan 1811, Recorded 18 Apr 1811; Vol. D:35-36
Moses Lear to George Lear, 100 pounds for 82 acres on waters of Back Ck. Legal description notes a corner with Jesse Lear and Benjamin Wiley. Witnesseses were William G. Lear, James Lear and David Lear.

[Moses' inheritance of real property from his father, William, was subject to a life estate in William's widow, Elizabeth. Thus, this sale of property -- presumably the property he inherited -- indicates either Elizabeth had died or he had bought out her interest.

Interestingly, Moses never appears on a tax list in Garrard Co. That may indicate he sold the property prior to turning age 21 and left Garrard after the sale. (Note that a Moses Lear appears on the roster of 5 Regiment (Lewis') Kentucky Vols. per the Ancestry.com database of War of 1812 Service Records.) While there is a Moses Lear who appears in the 1820 census for neighboring Madison Co., that Moses is believed to an illegitimate son of Sarah Lear Lambert.

Except for a possible marriage in Madison Co., no further records have been found for Moses.]

Moses married.

  Marriage Notes:

There are two marriage records that possibly involve Moses.

The first possibility is the marriage of Moses Lair and Polly Mayden in Madison Co., KY. The bondsman was George Lambert and the bond was dated 5 Oct 1818. No consents were noted and no return was filed. [See Vockery compilation of Madison Co., KY marriage records.] Since the 1820 enumeration of Moses, son of Sarah, shows no females in his household, it would seem, unless Polly had died, that it was most likely Moses, Sarah's brother, who married Polly Mayden.

The second possibility is the marriage of Moses Lair to Nancy Gentry on 30 Apr 1824 in Madison Co., KY. [See IGI.] No other information is provided to help determine which Moses was involved. If Moses, Sarah's brother, married Polly Mayden, then it seems most likely it was Moses, Sarah's son, who married Nancy Gentry.

Of course, it is possible both marriages were for one or the other Moses.
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